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TO ADVERTISERS . The FPEEHASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS should reach the Office , 198 , Fleetitreet , London , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays .
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NOTICE .
To prevent delay or miscarriage , it is particularly requested that ALL communications for the FREEMASON , may be addressed to the Offite . rg 8 , Fleet-street , London .
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IMPORTANT NOTICE .
COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month .
It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them .
To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON IS a sixteen-page weekly newspaper , price 2 d . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Annual subscription in the United Kingdom , Post free , 10 / 6 . P . O . O . ' s to be made payable at the Chief Office , London ,
NEW POSTAL RATES . Owing to a reduction in the Postal Rates , the publisher is now enabled to send the " Freemason " to the following parts abroad for One Year for Thirteen Shillings ( payable in
advance ) : —Africa , Australia , Bombay , Canada , Cape of Good Hope , Ceylon , China , Constantinople , Demerara , France , Germany , Gibraltar , Jamaica , Malta , Newfoundland , New South Wales , New Zealand , Suez , Trinidad , United States of America , & c .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
The following stand over : — Utters from J . Baker Ashworth ; P . AI . antl ALW . S . Dutch Constitution -, " Commemorative Lifeboat ; Prov . Grand Chapter of East Lancashire . Reports of Lodges : —Royal Albert , 907 ; Lord Warden , 1096 ; Great Northern , 1287 ; Hamilton , 1600 ; Alaik Lodge , 104 .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Sanitas Sanitatum ct Omnia Sanitas , " R . Aletcalfe , F . S . S . ; " Risorgimento ; " " Le Alondc Alaconnique ;" " East Anglian Times ; " Proceedings of the Supreme Council of A . and A . Scottish Rite , Canada ; " Bauhutte ;" ' 'Yorick ; " " Loomis's Journal ; " " New York Dispatch ;" 'Bulletindu Grand Orient de France ; " " Keystone ;" "Nelson Daily Times . "
Births ,Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 S . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ]
BIRI HS . AUSTEN . —On the 22 nd inst ., at Wroxall , Isle of Wight , the wife of Capt . II . A . Austen , 49-. l 1 ( Princess Charlotte of Wales's ) Regt ., of a son .
BIGGS . —On the 21 st inst ., at Wimpole-street , the wife of G . Biggs , of a daughter , who only survived a few hours . FITZGERAI . 0 . —On the 21 st inst ., at Brunswick-gardens , Kensington , the wife of G . R . A . Fitzgerald , Esq ., of a
son . HOOPER . —On thc 18 th inst ., at Bedford-street , Bedfoidrow , the wife of W . H . Hooper , of a son .
AIARRIAGES . BEENEY—VENESS . —On the 261 I 1 inst ., at Bexhill , Wm . Beeney , of Hastings , to Emma , eldest daughter of Bro . G . W . Veness , of Bexhill and Hastings . ELIOT—NEVILI .. —On the 24 th ult ., at St . Paul's , Valetta , Alalia , John Eliot , ALA ., Fellow of St . John ' s College , Cambridge , to Alary , daughter of thc late W . Nevili , F . G . S ., of Godalming .
DEATHS . LANE . —On thc 20 th inst ., at St . John ' s-word Park , Jane , widow of Rev . C . Lane , aged 73 . MATHER . —On thc 21 st inst .. at North Finchley , the Rev . Robert Cotton Alather , LL . D ., aged 63 . SMITH . —On the 19 th inst ., at Orleans-villas , Twickenham , Thomas Henry Smith , Esq , aged 66 .
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The Freemason , SATURDAY , APRIL 28 , 1877 .
The Movements Of Our Royal Grand Master.
THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales arrived at Naples on board the Sultan , on the 24-th , at midday , and went on shore , accompanied b y the Duke of Edinburgh , to visit Prince Humbert and the Princess Marguerita . Prince Humbert
afterwards went on board the Sultan to return the visit . On the 25 th their Royal Highnesses were entertained at Caserta by the Prince and Princess of Piedmont at luncheon , to which the Prussian Princes were also invited . Their Royal Highnesses leave Naples on Saturday .
The Grand Officers For 1877-8.
THE GRAND OFFICERS FOR 1877-8 .
The following are the officers of Grand Lodge for the current year , as appointed on Wednesday at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., & c . ( re-elected ) M . W . G . M . The Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon ( re-appointed ) Pro G . M . The Right Hon . Lord
Skelmersdale ( re-appointed ) D . G . M H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught S . G . W . H . R . H . Prince Leopold J . G . W . Rev . Chas . W . Arnold G . Chap . Rev . W . LakeOnslo . v G . Chap .
Samuel Tomkins ( re-elected ) G . Treas . 7 E . J . M'Intyre , Q . C . ( re-appointed ) G . Reg . John Hervey ( re-appointed ) G . Sec . E . E . Wend ' t ( re-annointedl G . S . for G . C .
Capt . N . G . Philips S . G . D . Peter De * L . Long S . G . D . H . C . Tombs J . G . D . E . J . Morris J . G . D .
F . P . Cockerell G . S . of W . Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter , ( reappointed ) G . D . ofC . F . Robinson A . G . D . of C .
George Toller G . Swd . B . C . E . "Willing G . Org . H . G . Buss Ast . G . Sec . S . G . Foxall G . Purst .
VV . T . Howe G . Purst . C . B . Payne ( re-appointed ) G . T yler . In our next we hope to give a short account of the Masonic services of the new Grand Officers .
The Coming Report Of The House Committee Of The Boys' School.
THE COMING REPORT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
The report of the House Committee of the Boys' School , with reference to increased accommodation for its numerous applicants , when finally settled , will be anxiously looked for by
the subscribers to the school . We have no doubt that full justice will be done to all the important considerations involved in the general question , and that all recommendations which pass through the General Committee to the Quarterly Court
will be alike marked by the great principles of caution and progress , the one object being the permanent welfare of the School . We have always supported the executive of the School , in their anxious efforts to uphold its efficiency and
extend its usefulness , and we always shall , under all circumstances , as we entirely disapprove of any course of action which seeks or serves to ignore the meritorious discharge of their duties by a most painstaking and zealous body of men
and Masons . But as we write to-day , as always , in the interests of the School , not of any clique or party , we think it right , as " Amici Curias , " respectfully to suggest a view of the matter which we think may possibl y have been
overlooked in the wider range of alteration and augmentation proposed and planned . It might seem that the matter being before the House and General Committees , we were both
premature and presumptuous in thus expressing any opinion on the subject , and that it is alike unfair and impolitic in any one to seek to give advice to a body , like the General Committee , perfectly competent to manage
The Coming Report Of The House Committee Of The Boys' School.
its own affairs and develope its own opinions But ours is simply a most friendly suggestion and need only be taken " quantum valet . " \\ we assume , as we think we fairly may , that some increase is needed in the Boys' School two questions appear to come before n . '
first , the opportuneness , secondly , the extent of such increase . It will be borne in mind that the present situation of affairs has arisen from the proposal , which we confess we always looked upon as somewhat crude and undigested , to build a preparatory school for 100 boys , separate
from the Boys' School . It was agreed at a previous Quarterly Court , " una voce , " that the House Committee should be requested to consider the whole matter , and report to the Quarterly Court . The House Committee has reported to the General Committee , and
the report has been printed , but that report has yet to pass through the General Committee before it reaches the Quarterly Court . Whatever the eventual report will be , when it is submitted to a Special Court , we cannot , of course , in any way predicate , as it may be
materially altered from the one printed for the information of the Committee . But the idea of the report already mentioned seems to be to suggest the building of additional accommodation in the existing School at Wood Green so as tojtake in 120 or'jo additional boys , just as it
is considered advisable to expend a larger or smaller sum , or rather to point out the possibility of such proceeding . But as we said before , without offence to anyone , two great questions come in when we consider the question " in extenso , " viz ., the opportuneness and the extent . Is it
absolutely necessary to increase the Boys' School to anything like the number of boys mentioned , whether 70 or 120 ? Is it not rather a larger addition of inmates than the actual pressure on the School demands ? For we must not , as it seems to us , lose sight of two or three points in
the discussion , which deserve very serious consideration at our hands . Is it advisable to enlarge too much the eleemosynary facilities of our Order ? Are we not thereby pandering to a growing evil amongst us , —the tendency to make Freemasonry a vast benefit society ?
And supposing that we can answer these queries favourably , must not a third question force itself upon us ? Can we keep up the present high-pressure rate of support to the great charities of our Craft ? While , then , we are ready to
admit the need of an increase in the Boys ' School , we are not quite prepared to concede that we have seen , so far , the proper remedy suggested for the growing demands for admission into the Bovs' School . In our humble
opinion , there is no absolute necessity for so very large an extension of the Boys' School just at present , a very inopportune season , by the way , for a metropolitan or a provincial appeal . We venture , on the contrary , to think that if the School were now increased
to 200 , the original number contemplated at its erection , and for which it was designed , by some additional dormitory accommodation being provided , the immediate necessity for increase would be satisfied , and matters mig ht safely remain in "statu quo" for two or
three years longer . The Boys' School has just come out of debt , it has begun to fund , and with two or three prosperous years it would be in a condition to begin building -without borrowing , as by that time , if all goes we )' ' it will probably have £ it ; , 000 or ^ 20 , 000 in
funded property . But now , to begin building operations involving £ 25 , 000 , and probably ni ce , of expenditure , must either land the institution again in debt , or compel a fresh special apP . , to the metropolis and the provinces . It wi >' probably be said that the dormitory
accommodation cannot be increased at Wood Green ' even for eleven boys , and as we were a ' told that it was necessary to build else \ vh ' because there was no possibility , on sanitary grounds , of increasing the building at Woolgreen , which proves , as we considered it ) , to D
an utter fallacy , we do not at all lay any str * j , - upon such a statement . We feel sure that a sk *" architect could devise additional dorm '' accommodation for 11 boys , and then the sC" ° can be left , to do its important work , for tw ° , i three years . By that time we shall be a
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TO ADVERTISERS . The FPEEHASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS should reach the Office , 198 , Fleetitreet , London , by 12 o ' clock on Wednesdays .
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NOTICE .
To prevent delay or miscarriage , it is particularly requested that ALL communications for the FREEMASON , may be addressed to the Offite . rg 8 , Fleet-street , London .
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IMPORTANT NOTICE .
COLONIAL and FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS are informed that acknowledgments of remittances received are published in the first number of every month .
It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especially those from the United States of America and India ; otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them .
To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON IS a sixteen-page weekly newspaper , price 2 d . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Annual subscription in the United Kingdom , Post free , 10 / 6 . P . O . O . ' s to be made payable at the Chief Office , London ,
NEW POSTAL RATES . Owing to a reduction in the Postal Rates , the publisher is now enabled to send the " Freemason " to the following parts abroad for One Year for Thirteen Shillings ( payable in
advance ) : —Africa , Australia , Bombay , Canada , Cape of Good Hope , Ceylon , China , Constantinople , Demerara , France , Germany , Gibraltar , Jamaica , Malta , Newfoundland , New South Wales , New Zealand , Suez , Trinidad , United States of America , & c .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
The following stand over : — Utters from J . Baker Ashworth ; P . AI . antl ALW . S . Dutch Constitution -, " Commemorative Lifeboat ; Prov . Grand Chapter of East Lancashire . Reports of Lodges : —Royal Albert , 907 ; Lord Warden , 1096 ; Great Northern , 1287 ; Hamilton , 1600 ; Alaik Lodge , 104 .
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "Sanitas Sanitatum ct Omnia Sanitas , " R . Aletcalfe , F . S . S . ; " Risorgimento ; " " Le Alondc Alaconnique ;" " East Anglian Times ; " Proceedings of the Supreme Council of A . and A . Scottish Rite , Canada ; " Bauhutte ;" ' 'Yorick ; " " Loomis's Journal ; " " New York Dispatch ;" 'Bulletindu Grand Orient de France ; " " Keystone ;" "Nelson Daily Times . "
Births ,Marriages And Deaths.
Births , Marriages and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 S . 6 d . for announcements , not exceeding four lines , under this heading . ]
BIRI HS . AUSTEN . —On the 22 nd inst ., at Wroxall , Isle of Wight , the wife of Capt . II . A . Austen , 49-. l 1 ( Princess Charlotte of Wales's ) Regt ., of a son .
BIGGS . —On the 21 st inst ., at Wimpole-street , the wife of G . Biggs , of a daughter , who only survived a few hours . FITZGERAI . 0 . —On the 21 st inst ., at Brunswick-gardens , Kensington , the wife of G . R . A . Fitzgerald , Esq ., of a
son . HOOPER . —On thc 18 th inst ., at Bedford-street , Bedfoidrow , the wife of W . H . Hooper , of a son .
AIARRIAGES . BEENEY—VENESS . —On the 261 I 1 inst ., at Bexhill , Wm . Beeney , of Hastings , to Emma , eldest daughter of Bro . G . W . Veness , of Bexhill and Hastings . ELIOT—NEVILI .. —On the 24 th ult ., at St . Paul's , Valetta , Alalia , John Eliot , ALA ., Fellow of St . John ' s College , Cambridge , to Alary , daughter of thc late W . Nevili , F . G . S ., of Godalming .
DEATHS . LANE . —On thc 20 th inst ., at St . John ' s-word Park , Jane , widow of Rev . C . Lane , aged 73 . MATHER . —On thc 21 st inst .. at North Finchley , the Rev . Robert Cotton Alather , LL . D ., aged 63 . SMITH . —On the 19 th inst ., at Orleans-villas , Twickenham , Thomas Henry Smith , Esq , aged 66 .
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The Freemason , SATURDAY , APRIL 28 , 1877 .
The Movements Of Our Royal Grand Master.
THE MOVEMENTS OF OUR ROYAL GRAND MASTER .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales arrived at Naples on board the Sultan , on the 24-th , at midday , and went on shore , accompanied b y the Duke of Edinburgh , to visit Prince Humbert and the Princess Marguerita . Prince Humbert
afterwards went on board the Sultan to return the visit . On the 25 th their Royal Highnesses were entertained at Caserta by the Prince and Princess of Piedmont at luncheon , to which the Prussian Princes were also invited . Their Royal Highnesses leave Naples on Saturday .
The Grand Officers For 1877-8.
THE GRAND OFFICERS FOR 1877-8 .
The following are the officers of Grand Lodge for the current year , as appointed on Wednesday at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , K . G ., & c . ( re-elected ) M . W . G . M . The Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon ( re-appointed ) Pro G . M . The Right Hon . Lord
Skelmersdale ( re-appointed ) D . G . M H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught S . G . W . H . R . H . Prince Leopold J . G . W . Rev . Chas . W . Arnold G . Chap . Rev . W . LakeOnslo . v G . Chap .
Samuel Tomkins ( re-elected ) G . Treas . 7 E . J . M'Intyre , Q . C . ( re-appointed ) G . Reg . John Hervey ( re-appointed ) G . Sec . E . E . Wend ' t ( re-annointedl G . S . for G . C .
Capt . N . G . Philips S . G . D . Peter De * L . Long S . G . D . H . C . Tombs J . G . D . E . J . Morris J . G . D .
F . P . Cockerell G . S . of W . Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter , ( reappointed ) G . D . ofC . F . Robinson A . G . D . of C .
George Toller G . Swd . B . C . E . "Willing G . Org . H . G . Buss Ast . G . Sec . S . G . Foxall G . Purst .
VV . T . Howe G . Purst . C . B . Payne ( re-appointed ) G . T yler . In our next we hope to give a short account of the Masonic services of the new Grand Officers .
The Coming Report Of The House Committee Of The Boys' School.
THE COMING REPORT OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL .
The report of the House Committee of the Boys' School , with reference to increased accommodation for its numerous applicants , when finally settled , will be anxiously looked for by
the subscribers to the school . We have no doubt that full justice will be done to all the important considerations involved in the general question , and that all recommendations which pass through the General Committee to the Quarterly Court
will be alike marked by the great principles of caution and progress , the one object being the permanent welfare of the School . We have always supported the executive of the School , in their anxious efforts to uphold its efficiency and
extend its usefulness , and we always shall , under all circumstances , as we entirely disapprove of any course of action which seeks or serves to ignore the meritorious discharge of their duties by a most painstaking and zealous body of men
and Masons . But as we write to-day , as always , in the interests of the School , not of any clique or party , we think it right , as " Amici Curias , " respectfully to suggest a view of the matter which we think may possibl y have been
overlooked in the wider range of alteration and augmentation proposed and planned . It might seem that the matter being before the House and General Committees , we were both
premature and presumptuous in thus expressing any opinion on the subject , and that it is alike unfair and impolitic in any one to seek to give advice to a body , like the General Committee , perfectly competent to manage
The Coming Report Of The House Committee Of The Boys' School.
its own affairs and develope its own opinions But ours is simply a most friendly suggestion and need only be taken " quantum valet . " \\ we assume , as we think we fairly may , that some increase is needed in the Boys' School two questions appear to come before n . '
first , the opportuneness , secondly , the extent of such increase . It will be borne in mind that the present situation of affairs has arisen from the proposal , which we confess we always looked upon as somewhat crude and undigested , to build a preparatory school for 100 boys , separate
from the Boys' School . It was agreed at a previous Quarterly Court , " una voce , " that the House Committee should be requested to consider the whole matter , and report to the Quarterly Court . The House Committee has reported to the General Committee , and
the report has been printed , but that report has yet to pass through the General Committee before it reaches the Quarterly Court . Whatever the eventual report will be , when it is submitted to a Special Court , we cannot , of course , in any way predicate , as it may be
materially altered from the one printed for the information of the Committee . But the idea of the report already mentioned seems to be to suggest the building of additional accommodation in the existing School at Wood Green so as tojtake in 120 or'jo additional boys , just as it
is considered advisable to expend a larger or smaller sum , or rather to point out the possibility of such proceeding . But as we said before , without offence to anyone , two great questions come in when we consider the question " in extenso , " viz ., the opportuneness and the extent . Is it
absolutely necessary to increase the Boys' School to anything like the number of boys mentioned , whether 70 or 120 ? Is it not rather a larger addition of inmates than the actual pressure on the School demands ? For we must not , as it seems to us , lose sight of two or three points in
the discussion , which deserve very serious consideration at our hands . Is it advisable to enlarge too much the eleemosynary facilities of our Order ? Are we not thereby pandering to a growing evil amongst us , —the tendency to make Freemasonry a vast benefit society ?
And supposing that we can answer these queries favourably , must not a third question force itself upon us ? Can we keep up the present high-pressure rate of support to the great charities of our Craft ? While , then , we are ready to
admit the need of an increase in the Boys ' School , we are not quite prepared to concede that we have seen , so far , the proper remedy suggested for the growing demands for admission into the Bovs' School . In our humble
opinion , there is no absolute necessity for so very large an extension of the Boys' School just at present , a very inopportune season , by the way , for a metropolitan or a provincial appeal . We venture , on the contrary , to think that if the School were now increased
to 200 , the original number contemplated at its erection , and for which it was designed , by some additional dormitory accommodation being provided , the immediate necessity for increase would be satisfied , and matters mig ht safely remain in "statu quo" for two or
three years longer . The Boys' School has just come out of debt , it has begun to fund , and with two or three prosperous years it would be in a condition to begin building -without borrowing , as by that time , if all goes we )' ' it will probably have £ it ; , 000 or ^ 20 , 000 in
funded property . But now , to begin building operations involving £ 25 , 000 , and probably ni ce , of expenditure , must either land the institution again in debt , or compel a fresh special apP . , to the metropolis and the provinces . It wi >' probably be said that the dormitory
accommodation cannot be increased at Wood Green ' even for eleven boys , and as we were a ' told that it was necessary to build else \ vh ' because there was no possibility , on sanitary grounds , of increasing the building at Woolgreen , which proves , as we considered it ) , to D
an utter fallacy , we do not at all lay any str * j , - upon such a statement . We feel sure that a sk *" architect could devise additional dorm '' accommodation for 11 boys , and then the sC" ° can be left , to do its important work , for tw ° , i three years . By that time we shall be a